Fiduciaries' Role in Securities Litigation Strategy
Please note that this session was recorded live at the 2025 Trustee School, and some audio may not have been captured during the recording.
Session Summary: Plan trustees play a critical role in administering pension plans. In the context of securities class action litigation, trustees (i.e., fiduciaries) evaluate several potential courses of action, including active pursuit of lead plaintiff status in pending cases. This session discusses the factors trustees should consider when making the important choice of selecting a securities litigation strategy on behalf of a pension plan.
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Instructors
Andrea Farah
Andrea Farah is a senior litigation attorney who focuses her practice on securities fraud, commodities manipulation, and antitrust litigation. Ms. Farah has litigated prominent securities cases with novel and complex claims relating to a variety of financial instruments in which she secured notable monetary recoveries on behalf of investors, including, for example, a $386.5 million settlement in In re GSE Bonds Antitrust Litigation. Additionally, Ms. Farah litigates several consumer class action lawsuits with large recoveries for consumers, including a most recently obtained settlement of $95 million in a consumer case against Apple, Inc. Ms. Farah leads the securities monitoring team at Lowey Dannenberg and identifies securities litigation opportunities for private and institutional clients. She is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and academic events and a publisher of articles relating to securities litigation. Ms. Farah is a graduate of the Quinnipiac University School of Law and the School of Business. Ms. Farah is licensed to practice in the States of New York and Connecticut. Ms. Farah was named a Rising Star in the securities practice area since 2019.
As a GAPPT presenter, Ms. Farah has received information regarding educational instructional methods and adult learning processes.
Robert Killorin, CRPF™
Robert W. Killorin is a Partner at Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP’s Atlanta Office and is a member of the firm's Institutional Investor Practice Group and Co-Chair of the firm's Securities Litigation Practice Group. His practice is focused on shareholder merger and securities litigation. Mr. Killorin is an accomplished trial lawyer with over twenty years of experience in civil litigation. Mr. Killorin has represented numerous individual plaintiffs, as well as institutional pension funds, corporations and individual investors in courts around the country. He has obtained significant recoveries, including the following securities class actions: In re FireEye, Inc. Sec. Litig., No. 14-266866 ($10 million settlement pending); In re ArthroCare Sec. Litig. No. 08-0574 (W.D. Tex.) ($74 million); In re Maxim Integrated Prod. Sec. Litig., No. 08-0832 (N.D.Cal.) ($173 million); In re TyCom Ltd. Sec. Litig., MDL No. 02-1335 (D.N.H.)($79 million); and In re Providian Fin. Corp. Sec. Litig., No. 01-3952 (N.D. Cal.). Mr. Killorin has obtained significant relief for shareholders in merger suits, including the following: In re The Coca-Cola Company Shareholder Litigation, No. 10-182035 (Fulton County Superior Ct.).Bob obtained his undergraduate degree from Duke University (B.A., cum laude, 1980) and his law degree from the University of Georgia (J.D. 1983) where he was on the national mock trial team and a national moot court team. He is licensed to practice law in Georgia and is admitted to the United States Supreme Court, the Courts of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the United States District Courts for Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia.
As a GAPPT presenter, Mr. Killorin has received information regarding educational instructional methods and adult learning processes.